2024 25th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability

Date(s)
6 September 2024
Location
The Jubilee Hotel & Conferences, Nottingham
Credits
Applied for 6 live CPD credits (expires 6 October 2024) and 6 CPD credits Distance learning (expires 6 September 2025) with Royal College of Physicians (RCPL)
Topics
Falls, Joints, Bone Health
This event is intended for clinicians and healthcare professionals working with older people in falls prevention and falls treatment.

Flexible attendance options & registration fees for 2024:
In person or online

There is no difference in registration fees for in person and online meeting attendance. The registration fee provides access to the conference or online platform for the days you are registered. On demand viewing post event will be limited to the days for which you have registered and paid.

There is a flexible transfer from in person to online attendance as clinical service and life balance require. Please check our FAQs first for any queries you may have about attendance or on demand watching.

On-demand access is available for 12 months post event.

Programme themes:

This conference will cover core areas of interest to all falls prevention specialists responsible for the health care of older people. The day will include keynote presentations from experts in the field, workshops and plenary sessions demonstrating best practice approaches available. We hope you will  be able to attend in person to make contacts and start collaborations which will continue on from this meeting.

Call for abstracts:

The closing date for the 2024 25th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability abstracts was 5pm 6 June 2024

See what other submissions are open

Who should attend:

  • All consultants, nurses and allied health care professionals with an interest in healthcare of older people
  • Especially those working in
    • geriatric medicine
    • acute/general medicine
    • frailty
  • GPs with an extended role in older people and GP trainees
  • Advanced and specialist practitioners
  • Consultant practitioners/consultant nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physician associates
  • Internal medicine trainees especially those considering an oncology, geriatric medicine, palliative care specialty
  • Medical, nursing, allied health professional students
  • Researchers into ageing and age-related conditions

Why participate:

  • Understand more on the key areas & challenges faced in geriatric medicine  
  • Hear focused presentations on core areas of the geriatric medicine
  • Present the latest scientific research to British Geriatrics Society members and elected officers
  • Attend small group workshop sessions
  • Network & socialise with other healthcare professionals over the course of the meeting.

Fully Funded Places: In person or online

Members in Category B, C and D are now eligible to apply for a new BGS event grant. This will cover the registration cost for a BGS conference, either virtually or in person. Applications can be submitted from the event registration page, and should be requested and approved before completing registration.

Find out more

 

Event Details

Cost to attend
All fees inclusive of VAT.
There is no cost difference between in person or online		 BGS Member Non-Member
Fee Fee
Senior Doctors – Post CCT or CESR CP Professions £120 £200
Pre CCT or CESR CP Professions, Healthcare professionals (Nurses, Physiotherapists, Researchers) £60 £100
Retired member/ Students (Undergraduates in Medical School, Nursing or AHP courses) £30 £50
Corporate Representatives   £200
Card payments only. We don't accept PO or invoice payment

*An early bird discount of 10% is available until 6 July 2024.

Your organization can register attendees and pay the registration fee by card only they hold on your behalf (A Proxy registration). There isn’t an option for invoice payment for our virtual and hybrid  conferences. The steps for a proxy registration are outlined on https://www.bgs.org.uk/hybrid-event-participants.

Venue
Jubilee Conference Centre Nottingham Jubilee Conference Centre Atrium

The Jubilee Hotel & Conferences is situated within a 65-acre lakeside landscape, and close to Nottingham city centre, approximately 4 miles away from Nottingham train station and only 2 miles from Beeston train station. Nottingham’s tram system is accessible from both stations, which will take you directly to the university park campus. Accommodation is available to book, please refer to the Accommodation page for further information.

Accommodation

A limited number of hotel bedrooms on 5 September are available for BGS delegates to book directly with the Venue. These rooms are subject to availability and will be released on or before 25 July.

To make a reservation:

  1. Go to 'Book Now' at https://nottinghamvenues.com/
  2. Click on 'Special Codes and Rates'
  3. Change 'Promo Code' to 'Group Code' before entering the code BGSF-20424 and click 'Apply'
  4. On the calendar, choose the dates you wish to book
  5. Select a room type and pay for your booking
  6. Email confirmation of the booking an payment will be taken within 24 hours of completing your booking

Other booking sites and hotel options are available - please do shop around, Click here to see available options and rates

Rates available for Hilton nationwide

  • Log on to www.hilton.com
  • Put in the location and dates
  • Click on advanced search
  • Click on Add a special rate code
  • In the corporate account box, type in 113011292

Why attend

  • Session overview

    Session 1 09.30 -11.00

    Session 1 Inpatient Falls and Treatment Updates
    Moderator: Dr James Frith and Professor Dawn Skelton
    09.30 Welsh initiatives to reduce inpatient falls.
    Dr Inderpal Singh, Consultant Physician & Geriatrician with interest in Falls and Bone Health and National Clinical Lead, Falls and Frailty (Wales), Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

    10.00 Reducing inpatient falls in Scotland
    Dr Lara Mitchell, Consultant Geriatrician, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

    10.30 Management of Osteoporosis in Chronic Kidney Disease
    Dr Michael Stone, Consultant Physician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

    Session 2 11.30 - 12.45

    Session 2 11.30 - 12.45 Use of Technology
    Moderators: Dr Alasdair MacRae and Lisa Alcock

    11.30 Acoustic monitoring and falls prevention in social care settings
    Miss Kate Faulkner, Locum Physiotherapist, Gibberd Ward, Princess Alexandra Hospital

    11.45 NearMe: Video Consultations to reduce unnecessary travel for those at risk of falling
    Mrs Rosie Cooper, National Improvement Lead, Near Me Network

    12.00 Isometric muscle contractions as a solution to treating Postural Hypotension
    Dr Lochlainn Connolly, Head of Medical Affairs Isotech NI

    12.15 Reducing Falls Risk with AI Strength & Balance in the Community
    Ben Wilkins, CEO, Goodboost

    12.30 Panel Discussion

    Session 3 13.30 - 14.30

    Session 3 Workshop 1: Falls in those with Delirium
    Dr Rachael Lawson, Janet Owens Parkinson’s UK Senior Research Fellow,
    Newcastle University
    Moderator: Alasdair MacRae

    Delirium is a serious, neuropsychiatric syndrome defined by acute changes in attention, level of arousal and cognition. It is is associated with increased mortality, institutionalisation, and dementia. There is a strong association between delirium and falls. People who fall may be at increased risk of delirium, but those with delirium also are at increased risk of falling. This interactive workshop will discuss identifying delirium in people at risk of falls (e.g. including dementia, Parkinson’s and post-operative), how to recognise delirium, and approaches to reducing risks and future functional decline.
    Workshop 2 Vision Impairment and Falls: Did you see that risk?
    Dr Jignasa Mehta, Orthoptic Lecturer, Research Training Fellow (Dunhill Medical Trust), University of Liverpool and Professor Dawn Skelton, Professor of Ageing and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
    Moderator: Sam Olden

    Vision Impairment is just one risk factor for falls but an important one, particularly as people tend to avoid physical activity. Many vision disturbances are not reversible but some are. We will discuss ways to assess and options for interventions to reduce risk.
    Workshop 3 Tai Chi Exercise for the prevention of falls
    Dr Samuel Nyman, Head of Department of Psychology,
    University of Winchester and Mr Michael Action, Tai Chi and Qi Gong Instructor
    Moderator: Lisa Alcock
    The workshop will begin with a brief overview of the scientific evidence-base for Tai Chi as a fall prevention exercise intervention.
    Then, the majority of the workshop will be devoted to a Tai Chi session led by Mike Acton (Chair, Founder and Senior Instructor of Wu Shi Taiji Quan & Qi Gong Association).
    The session will give delegates an opportunity to experience what Tai Chi is like, and to appreciate some of its key aspects that aid with fall prevention.
    While it is a slow and gentle form of exercise, delegates can participate as much or as little in the physical movements as desired and/or medically advised.

    Session 4 14.35 - 15.30

    Session 4 Platform Presentations
    14.30 Abstract 2576 High balance vigilance negatively impacts on perceptions of stability and postural control in community-dwelling older adults
    E Kal; N Grilc; J Menant; D Sturnieks; D Kaski; T Ellmers;

    14.45 Abstract 2564 Turning heads: does head motion during turning in people with Parkinson’s disease correlate with clinical measures?
    H Cox; RZU Rehman; J Frith; R Morris; AJ Yarnall; L Rochester; & L Alcock

    15.00 Abstract 2567 Innovating the wheeled Zimmer, one of the most prescribed indoor walking frames
    SB Thies; R Fox; H Dawes

    15.15 Abstract 2575 Examination of factors related to postural stability in elderly patients Kiyoshi INOUE; Takuro OKARI; Hideaki OKI.

    Session 5 15.45 - 16.30

    Session 5 Combatting Falls in the Community
    15.45 Urgent Response to a Fall in the Community - the Emergency Department in the Home Team (EDITH)
    Dr Patrick Hillery, GEM consultant, St. Vincent’s Hospital Dublin

    16.15 Rehabilitation in the Community following a fall: Fife Intermediate Care Teams
    Leesa Radcliffe, Clinical Service Manager amd Lorna MacKenzie, Intermediate Care Manager, Integrated Community Teams, Community Care Services Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (remote)

    16.45 Welsh Ambulance Falls Response Pathway
    Ben Scott, Physiotherapist, Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust

    How are you attending Day 1

    In Person
    Online